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Jack Blencowe

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Jack Blencowe
Personal information
Full name John Francis Blencowe
(originally Walter John Blencowe)
Nickname(s) Snowy
Date of birth (1891-05-17)17 May 1891
Place of birth Birchip, Victoria
Date of death 19 August 1951(1951-08-19) (aged 60)
Place of death East Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Nagambie
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1912 Essendon 1 (0)
1914 Geelong 2 (2)
Total 3 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Francis "Snowy" Blencowe (17 May 1891 – 19 August 1951) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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The son of Alfred George Blencowe (1867-1938),[2] and Anastasia Blencowe (-1952), née Breen, Walter John Blencowe (later known as John Francis Blencowe) was born at Birchip, Victoria on 17 May 1891.

Football

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Essendon (VFL)

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He played one match for the Essendon First XVIII, against Fitzroy, in the last game of the 1912 season, on 31 August 1912.[3]

Geelong (VFL)

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In 1914, while playing with the Donald Football Club in the Donald District Football Association (DDFA),[4] Blencowe obtained employment as a hairdresser and moved to Geelong.[5]

He played two matches for the Geelong First XVIII: against Essendon, on 20 June 1914,[6] and against Melbourne, on 4 July 1914.[7]

Port Melbourne VFA)

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Cleared from Geelong, he played six games for the Port Melbourne First XVIII in 1919.

Notes

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References

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  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
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